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482 - Severinus, German monastery founder/saint, dies.

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624 - Abu Sufjan ibn Harb, Kurashite chief, dies in battle.

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624 - Muslim army occupies Kurashitische Caravan.

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794 - Church at Lindisfarne, England destroyed by Vikings.

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871 - Battle at Ashdown: Ethelred of Wessex beats Danish invasion army.

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1081 - Birth of Henry V Roman German king/emperor (1098/1111-25).

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1198 - Coelestinus III [Giacinto Bobo], pope (1191-98), dies.

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1198 - Lotario di Segni elected Pope Innocentius III.

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1214 - Earl Ferrand of Flanders drops ties with France.

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1324 - Marco Polo, Venetian explorer/Governor of Nanking, dies.

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